Cross Eyes....

There are always things that catch our eye throughout the day and sometimes they bring focus and other times distraction. Some are of the doing type, some are of the being type. 

Recently one thing has been catching the eye of Big Sis. It's something that has been there all along, but she is seeing it for the first time. She's noticing and she's becoming more aware. I like to say she's becoming "cross eyed." :)

It started one morning a few days ago when lying in bed with her Daddy. She looked at the door.

"Look daddy, the cross is on the door. The cross that Jesus died on for our sins."

Later that day, she had constructed some blocks to make a cross. She came bounding around the corner so delighted at her creation. 

She has pointed out several other times the crosses she sees around her. She is beginning to live Hebrews 12:2 in a literal sense:

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2

I decided to try and take the same challenge that Big Sis was doing. I wanted to try and find crosses that have been around me all along... and fix my eyes on Jesus. These were the crosses I found among many more.

There is something about the cross that transforms us. It is a miracle of incomparable understanding. 

¹⁷ He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17

This verse brought on so much meaning when I heard it the other day. I learned of a substance called laminin that is the basis for most of our cells and organs. It is the substance that holds them all together... like glue. This substance that holds us together looks like this:

I am continually amazed at the cross that is all around us and in us. Jesus is our source... the source that literally holds us together. Praise God!

¹⁷ He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17